Marlborough scene from The Gathering Storm (2002)

[georgebushrocks23]

the jack was still used beginning in the mid seventeenth century, its not like the jack of today with the crosses of saint george, st andrew, and st patrick.

[jack1hoffman]

I would enjoy England if it wasn't so full of immigrants nowadays

[DarKnightsFall]

god save the queen and god bless the uk!!!!!!!!!!!!! from an american with love lol

[nat4053]

This battle was fought before england and scotland united to make the Kingdom of Great Britian. So why is the first union jack with the colors on the battlefield? just a thought

[ModellMeister]

Strong scene

[LibIguFrat]

Great Great Britain!!

Greetings from Barcelona, Catalonia!!

[mysongsend]

"I'd call Winston Churchill an alcoholic, but even an alcoholic doesn't drink that much." -Lord Halifax

[lokna]

gota love the duke of malborough

[pochosan]

The scene is pure epicness. But it could be even more epic if the uniforms, the flags or even the music were the correct. For example, "Rules Britannia" was writen in 1740, and this happened at the beggining of the same century (1700-1714, during the War of the Spanish Succession). It's like a scene of the D Day with a Rolling Stones song.

[Sciophobiaranger]

@pochosan It's a patriotic moment, it's just to show a bit of patriotism from sir churchill...

[Sciophobiaranger]

WE FOUGHT UNDER THE RULE OF THE ROMANS! WE FOUGHT AGAINST THE ATTACKING FRENCH! WE FOUGHT AGAINST NAPOLEON! WE FOUGHT AGAINST GERMANY IN WW1 WE FOUGHT AGAINST NAZI GERMANY IN WW2! WE ARE FIGHTING AGAINST TERRORISM IN 2001-ONGOING! WE ARE BRITANNIA AND WE SHALL NEVER BE SLAVES!

[bazzatheblue]

Quite a family,to give us possibly our greatest man ,Winston and our greatest soldier ,John.John a man of humble origins,a servant as a boy

[BrandCAG]

I'm just a lowly Commonwealther but this brings a tear to my eye. Absolutely stirring. Bless the United Kingdom and her allies.

[ThePalaeontologist]

@BrandCAG No Commonwealther is lowly - if anything, those such as yourself that hold true to the British banner are even more worthy than most 'British' citizens today. Half and more of British people don't give a damn about anything or anyone to do with national pride, and most of the others are not educated or interested in the history of the British Isles and its peoples, its contributions to the world and the rest. The PC Bandwagon defies FACTS - NATIVE British = White N'Western Europeans.

[j3parrots]

so people saying bring Churchill back are quite insane he wouldnt have a clue how to handle modern difficulties, as a said a great man of his time

[j3parrots]

Its wierd many members of the US congress, senate and such often quote or say oh Im a great admier of Churchill but not at all in the UK cause it would seem other wordly and something nobody could argue with, he was a great man but his time and era had past by the end of the second world war and politics moves fast

[ConstantineJoseph]

Unfortunately, Britain is ruled by a German monarchy. Britain would be far better off without them.

[AvatarMarxon90]

@ConstantineJoseph No. Go check up the Windsor's ancestors. They have English, Scottish, German, Danish and French blood. Don't forget that George I was a great-great-great-grand-nephew (or something like that) of King Charles I. So, the Hanovers did have blood ties with the House of Stuart.

And honestly, people never prize what they have, until they have lost it. At least learn with other examples - my country doesn't have a Monarchy anymore, and it's a disgrace.

[manfred898]

@AvatarMarxon90

Yes, a monarchy would surely fix that, you're correct.

[AvatarMarxon90]

@manfred898 Thank you for your sarcasm. Obviously a Monarchy wouldn't fix everything. But it would be the start. It would have given my country the stability it so craved during the XXth century - and we would never have seen three republics - one oppressive, one dictatorial and another one corrupted. It would have kept my country in the international status through the fame of the Royal Family, and not because we sell Porto wine or cork.

[manfred898]

@AvatarMarxon90

The British sell nothing these days except financial bubbles, go figure.

[gugagagagreprpr]

Im very proud of the fact that some of family members servedunder Churchil, butim allso proud of the fact that Danes served under Marlborough!

Rule Britania!

Best regards froma friend, Denmark!

[XxGREATxBRITAINxX]

lol 12lb cannon ball breaking that poor guys drum! xD

[sundayliein4]

What I forgot to say was the battle of Blenheim was in 1704.

[sundayliein4]

I don't want to make an obvious mistake; but I noticed the Union Jack (1707) in this clip. I'm not sure but I think "British" regiments carried a colour with the cross of St Andrew (Scottish) or the flag of St George(English) at Blenheim.

[ThePalaeontologist]

I love this scene. The first time I saw it was here on this upload a week ago. It makes me feel so proud of Great Britain, and Churchill . I have long known of the Battle of Blenheim, the Duke of Marlborough and the Palace named after his most glorious and as I research it anew, unexpected victory. He marched to save Vienna from falling; which if it had, would have ended the Grand Alliance against the Franco-Bavarian Alliance, and brought England to shame under a great French Empire. Well DONE!

[Napoleontas]

What a great ancestor what a filthy heir

[gugagagagreprpr]

Beautifull song in the start f the video!, i whish i knew its name!.

[PEPEDEBARRO]

FIEL PERO DESDICHADO (Marlborough's family motto)

[hoodoo961]

@TheVikiLaki Nothing says freedom like a damn guillotine, right? And if anything, the Napoleonic Code was based more on English civil law than the other way around.

[TheVikiLaki]

@hoodoo961 lol maby Robespier but not after or before him

[CutyBecky]

@hoodoo961 Napoleonic Code was almost completely copied on the codes of Louis XIV. I think the English law is the last option he would choose. =)

[infinitecanadian]

@hoodoo961 Nothing says freedom like the 6 millions who died during the Napoleonic Wars either, I might add.

[infinitecanadian]

@hoodoo961 I might also add that nothing says 'freedom' than the 6 millions or more who died during the Napoleonic Wars. To hell with Boney!

[Godzilla52]

only complaint here though is Marlborough looks to young in this clip, during Blenheim he was 54. Don't tell me theirs anyway a 54 year old man could look that good in 1704.

[oakham2]

What a man

[suckerp991]

Oh my goodness that's Tom Hiddleston aka Loki from Thor! He looks so young in this movie.:)

[Talbot6832]

What makes Marlborough an excellent General was not only his logistical prowess but his ability to command not only his British cadre but a multi-national force with such clarity and effectiveness. You get bonus points for that.

[MrDeano324]

It would have been a romantic moment if Winston Chirchill did have this dream prior to ww2. His ancestor, and many say Britains greatest general The Duke of Marlborough, reminding his descendant from beyond the grave, that, whatever befalls Britain in the coming years, we never give up. "And Britons will never be slaves" to tyrany an oppression. A nice thought...

[LiberalIntervention]

HISTORICAL INNACURACY ALERT: Winston is remembering the Battle of Blenheim, in 1704. But in the background is the Union Flag, with the Scottish flag emblazoned with the Cross of St George. The Union of England and Scotland was only passed in 1707, three years later. Do I win a prize?

[nutyyyy]

@LiberalIntervention No because i believe the union flag was already being used at this point, althought i'm probably wrong.

[chrisbenedictus]

@nutyyyy It was, but only for naval use. Although both English, Irish and Scottish troops fought together at Blenheim, they flew their own flags until the Act of Union passed.

If anyone is curious enough, google 'thewaroffice blenheim' to get a guide to the colours and uniforms used by the different units in the battle.

[nutyyyy]

@chrisbenedictus I see, thanks for the info.

[LordGeorgeRodney]

@LiberalIntervention It might have been Malplaquet or Oudernade?

[LiberalIntervention]

@LordGeorgeRodney It isn't - the film makes it explicit it is Blenheim. However, I am in fact wrong - the Union flag was used by the English pre-1707, so it is perfectly plausible that it could be flying here. Oops.

[infinitecanadian]

As a Canadian of mostly British descent I am proud of my roots, and proud to be a citizen of the Commonwealth. Britannia For Ever!

[pugilistofpower]

Winston! Come back, and save us from the EU!

Britain needs you.

[nathan96berry]

@pugilistofpower your so right we need another leader like winston

[dedegel]

@pugilistofpower sad that some people in the uk are thinking like that =/

my personal opinion is that europe has to skick together during this times of crysis

but I cant understand you if you lost your trust in a united europe..

just the matter of fact that there was no war in europe for more than a half century makes the european union trustworthy in my eyes..

greets from germany =)

[pugilistofpower]

@dedegel Most people in the UK are thinking like that. It's nothing against the individual countries of Europe, just the EU political establishment headed by unelected bureaucrats. The fact we were conned into it as some sort of trading union back in the 70's is the real problem. Anything where you hand over sovereignty and political accountability to people overseas that you can't vote in or out is a loss of democracy, and a huge mistake. That's why we'll be leaving soon.

[manfred898]

@pugilistofpower

A bit like Northern Ireland then. Hopefully we'll be leaving soon too. I've much more confidence in Europe than the U.K.

[pugilistofpower]

@manfred898 Well I'm from NI too. I've more confidence in betamax cassettes making a profitable return than the EU.

[manfred898]

@pugilistofpower

Nice to meet you :) Well considering Camerons Tory utopia is about to double dip I think I'd rather side with the French and Germans, thanks all the same. I've no faith in those hypocrytical fuckers in the Labour party either. Tory light the lot of them.

[pugilistofpower]

@manfred898 I don't care either way, pal. A politician is a politician regardless of nationality.

[manfred898]

@pugilistofpower

Probably true. But they seem to have more secure systems in place, they're a fairer and more social society, ironically we can thank the war for that. The Germans especially, they actually have some Industry to work with, Britain has gambled it all on the financial markets, and that's why Cameron's so desperate to prop up the banks, the truth is, he doesn't know what else to do.

[pugilistofpower]

@manfred898 The death of industry and over emphasis on financial services was always going to cause trouble. Some countries make cars, some have heavy manufacturing industries to rely on or at least fall back on. Now all we make is numbers on computer screens.

I don't agree with it or any of the top three parties. But I've no desire to jump ship because the grass looks a little greener on the other side. I love this country, and having lived elsewhere, I know how lucky we are.

[manfred898]

@pugilistofpower

That's fair enough. I've no love for the place myself though, we've good people and not so good people, same as anywhere else. I'm not one for nationalism, it usually turns ugly, European history tells us that. When I see a desperate English falling back on simplistic nationalism, it seems to me that trouble lies ahead if they isolate themselves further. Britain is thrashing in it's last death throes, that's my honest, I'm not trying to offend, opinion.

[pugilistofpower]

@manfred898 It's okay pal. I've yet to be offended by anyone's opinion. I like to be patriotic, not nationalistic. The old saying is that a patriot loves his country, a nationalist hates everyone else's. Every country has its share of each. I love the diversity and cultural differences of European countries more than anything. I just can't stomach the political class in Brussels nor this 'project; as it's referred to. Things will pick up though. They always do.

[manfred898]

@pugilistofpower

Well, here's hoping :) I can appreciate you're distaste for the politicians in Brussels, and like you say, a politician is a politican. I guess I'm directing my gaze closer to home, and I truly can't stomach the The British political class. It's nationalism they're spouting more and more, not patriotism ( there is a difference, like you rightly say ) to justify their most ugly form of capitalism....

[pugilistofpower]

@manfred898 My old dad used to say "Don't vote, the government will get in" - So we really are damned if we do, damned if we don't. I despair that most of the political class have never had a real job in their lives and are in no position to truely represent their constituents. But it's really the same everywhere. The rich and powerful rule in every land.

I'm just making the most out of my life and trying not to let anything hold me back. I am happy with my life, that's the important thing.

[manfred898]

@pugilistofpower

Wise words indeed :)

[zarathustra001982]

@pugilistofpower

This is the best ever film about Sir Winston I had seen in 29 years!

[manfred898]

@pugilistofpower The things the British should be proud of, like the NHS, rather than a 300 year old battle, these leeches plan to destroy, and the British public don't seem to care. Give it ten years and a serious illness and they might just.

[manfred898]

@dedegel

Ahh, common sense, in short supply in Britain these days. 'Headless chickens' is a term that springs ot mind.

[juultjuh99]

@pugilistofpower Didn't Winston want an EU?

[pugilistofpower]

@juultjuh99 No. He thought Britain's future remained with a strong Commonwealth. He very much warned against the current EU model, which he claimed would always be a Franco/German dominated organisation. Very prophetic man.

[manfred898]

@pugilistofpower

Ah, but that was back when Winston thought he'd get to keep his Indian slaves, ugly old imperialist that he was.

[tinroofbusted]

@pugilistofpower Sooner the better, bless us all with the coming Storm

[manfred898]

@pugilistofpower

lol :) You do need saving, but I doubt Winston is the man for the job ;)

[pugilistofpower]

@manfred898 Elton John then.

[lebarosky]

Of course we should remember that Winston was a direct descendant of the Duke, and also wrote the definitive biography of the great commander.

[Panzergredi]

Wonderful scene with a great "Rule Rritannia" version! Greetings from Germany !

[Rostokouban]

Malborough s'en va en guerre, mironton mironton mirontaine... ;)

[AmericanGuy7654]

@boss180888 I guess but this whole argument seems pointless.

[AmericanGuy7654]

I don't see why people can't accept Malplaquet was an allied pyrrhic victory. Sure the French suffered less casualties, but they retreated from the field, in good order I admit.

[boss180888]

@AmericanGuy7654 by people you mean "me" -_-

[TheBritishLegions]

This was great scene as was the Gathering Storm in itself!

[LordGeorgeRodney]

How can France claim a victory at Malplaquet when they ran from the battlefield?

Are they so desperate to dispel the genius of Marlborough ?

It seems so!

[rafflesman]

Marlborough... better than even than Welllington. Won bigger battles. Never lost once. Even Wellington had one or two "draws."

[boss180888]

@rafflesman malplaquet was a HUGE defeat, again you english with your biased ignorance in history...

[LordGeorgeRodney]

@boss180888

LOL!! It was the French that ran from the battlefeild chum

That is the reality .. deal with it..

Marlborough was unbeaten even after Malplaquet his last victories being at Mons, Douai, & breaching the supposedly impregnable ''Ne Plus Ultra'' lines & finally Bouchain..

basically he wooped French ass. He is one Europe's greatest generals

[boss180888]

@LordGeorgeRodney the french didn't run they BEAT the allies at malplaquet under villars with significant numerical superiority from malborough's forces, if villars can beat him like that imagine if turenne or condé were there...

[LordGeorgeRodney]

@boss180888

ROOOFFLL!! Only a Frenchman can deny that. Marlborough held the field.

The French ran off the battlefield.

Deal with it. Like Wellington & Nelson he wooped French ass

[boss180888]

@LordGeorgeRodney you mean blucher i'm sure.

[LordGeorgeRodney]

@boss180888 Wellington wooped French ass in Peninsula

He repelled & defeated 3 French invasions of Portugal between 1808-11 then liberated Spain 1811-13 & invaded France the same year

At Waterloo he defeated the French who failed after so many attempts to shift him & his Anglo allied army off the ridge

come & see the captured French canon in London..

: )

[boss180888]

@LordGeorgeRodney i'm sorry, youtube hasn't been filthering all your messages so i hadn't noticed a few ones...

on malplaquet villars wrote to louisXIV:« Si Dieu nous fait la grâce de perdre encore une pareille bataille, Votre Majesté peut compter que ses ennemis sont détruits. » if god will grace us with another such defeat your enemies well perish!!! the casualties of the allies were FOUR times superior to those of the french!!! what a glorious victory for malborough...(cont)

[LordGeorgeRodney]

@boss180888 f**k me even Villars said it!!

''god will grace us with another such defeat'' even the French were fed up with Marlborough's pawning!!

[boss180888]

@LordGeorgeRodney i've been polite thus far to exclude that the armies malborough commanded were mostly AUSTRIAN-GERMAN-DUTCH with very or no british presence!!! and you keep saying malborough this malborough that, WHAT ABOUT PRINCE EUGENE OF SAVOIE??? it's waterloo PROPAGANDA AND LIES ALL OVER AGAIN, when blucher had all the merit for the victory but in british difused history it's wellington!!!

[LordGeorgeRodney]

@boss180888 yes they were 20,000 were British and were always at the forefront of the battle.

The reason Blenheim is called Blenhiem not Hochstadt is because the British engaged the French at Blenhiem & forced the surrender of 10,000 Frenchmen (the vast majority of prisoners captured that day) so there,,, Ramillies, Oudernade, Malplaquet & Bouchain campaigns he had even more British troops

Then again at Elixheim, Wijnendale it was majority British troop in the battle. : )

aaahh victory is sweet

[Talbot6832]

@boss180888 British troops spearheaded the defeat of the French at Blenheim and infact in all of Marlboroughs' battle's. Indeed, Malborough's ability to command a multi-lingual army makes him great. Please take your jealous, envious, bitter, chip on the shoulder bollocks and stuff it up your arse. Sick and tired of you Frogs hijacking these videos.

[boss180888]

@LordGeorgeRodney wellington fought secondary french troops in the peninsula coordinated by the incompetent brother of napoleon joseph. napoleon never engaged himself in the peninsula for more than a few months, you know why there isn't an "english cannon" in paris? because those they got they threw them away because they had no prestige XD

[LordGeorgeRodney]

@boss180888 Ha ha ha!!

More French excuses .. bring them on please..

A French historians view as to why Waterloo was lost..

''admirable firmness of the British infantry''

: D

[TheLiberalKnight]

@boss180888 Malborough was outnumbered, yet he annihilated the French, lost nearly no men, and destroy King Louis' army. Any Frenchmen who denies this is extremely bitter, and living in a fantasy world. Britain and France have both scored military points against each other- on this occasion, Britain humiliated France. Get over it.

[boss180888]

@TheLiberalKnight dude we could play the replay button forever but whatever you say malplaquet was a french victory, i don't care if they withdrew, it wasn't because you ran the french out, it was because despite the victory you still outnumbered them!!!

[LordGeorgeRodney]

@boss180888

Check history it is a French victory in your mind

wake up to reality & stop making pathetic excuses..

If it weren't for us English speakers you would be speaking German & singing the Horst Wessel!

[TheBritishLegions]

@boss180888 Get real dude

sounds like you are saying the Germans defeated the Russians in WWII because they were always outnumbered..

Go suck a Viet Minh cock like you did so well in 1954..

[TheLiberalKnight]

@boss180888 What utter bollocks. It was a pyrrhic victory- the allies lost a lot of men. But they still won. Don't make me fucking laugh. You ran away from the battle, and apparently you still won? Is this some sort of joke? Come on. I admit when Britain was beaten by France- the American revolution, for example. You should admit when France lost.

[boss180888]

@TheLiberalKnight ok, ok,OK!....ok the french left the battlefield IN ORDER ^^ with far greater losses to the allies, that's about as sweet as defeat can be! but tell me then, this was the SUCCESSION war...who SUCCEDED the spanish throne??? BUM CHECK MATE XDD!!! denain mtf denain lol.

salamanca wasn't a real battle in the scale of wagram borodino or friedland, or napoleon himself would have been there, but i guess he never "respected" the british army enough ^^ lol. and u still had help :P!

[TheLiberalKnight]

@boss180888 Malborough vs Napoleon... that would be an intersting one. Napoleon was not as good as people say he was. Most of his victories were pyrrhic. I'd say Marshall Ney was just as good a general as Napoleon.

[boss180888]

@TheLiberalKnight wow..............i have been nice so far, but now you're way out of line!! napoleon is the best western commander since the ancient world!!! tell me once that malborough won a battle or campaign in a 2 to 1 disadvantage and i'll tell you five that napoleon won, napoleon pyrrhic? that's a consequence of fighting so many goddamn wars, your bound to have accidents here and there. ney wasn't even in the same level as napoleon's top marshalls like lannes, davout or murat...

[TheLiberalKnight]

@boss180888 You're not understanding me. Napoleon is one of my favourite generals (unlike you, I am able to respect foreign generals, and I admire the French army). His Italian campaign was outstanding. But he was not god. Some of his battles, like Bordino, were not good victories, they were close. Malborough is under rated. Nobody in Britain knows him. He was one of the greats. I'd say Napoleon is up there with Ceaser, but I'd argue that so is Malborough.

[boss180888]

@TheLiberalKnight i too can respect foreign generals, the proof is i'm not french. malborough was great but no he wasn't absurdly genius like napoleon or caesar, he was conventional warfare master like turenne or frederick the great, not a completly inate general capable of 100% improvisation/understanding and adaptating to any reality in warfare like khan,alexander,caesar or hannibal...napoleon was sick at borodino, eylau was a climate disaster, and at waterloo/leipzig he was outnumbered. ;)

[boss180888]

@TheLiberalKnight i'll give you another example, the six days campaign:

- for some the most brilliant of napoleon's campaigns, he lost it, but it's with these feats that you see almost inhumain qualities of courage and brilliance... he led a 45'000 men army up against 300'000 allied troops, and won nothing but victories, even if they weren't big enough to counter the odds...the austerlitz/Ulm campaign is still considered one of the finest ever...

[TheLiberalKnight]

@boss180888 Malborough was Napoleon's equal. Khan is over rated. Frederick the great was better than Khan.

I have read most books written on Napoleon. He was much better when commanding small forces. Forget Waterloo, because Wellington didn't do well in that either. I'm talking about his campaigns against the Russians. He won those battles by the skin of his teeth, with massive losses. There was no genius there.

[boss180888]

@TheLiberalKnight khan is only overrated in the mesure of how you see him rated, some people say he was the greatest, those overrate him...but if some say he was no doubt in the top 5 that's fair!!! his only weakness was siege and the fact he never conquered a major civilization like the chinese of indians. and nah, you can keep saying it all you want, i respect your opinion but it's just not true, napoleon was leagues in front of malborough...

[TheLiberalKnight]

@boss180888 He was not in the top 5. He was not a good general. He was a good leader. He was not responsible for Mongolian victory. Napoleon was better than Khan. I wouldn't even describe Khan as a real general.

Malborough is in the same league as Napoleon. I have read both sides of the Napoleon argument- that he was either a mad tyrant, or a defender of liberty. The truth is, he was a very good general, a bad diplomat, a terrible tactician, and a good strategist.

[boss180888]

@TheLiberalKnight ok, once and for all then tell me of 1 victory of malborough with a 2 to 1 disadvantage!(campaign or battle)

[TheLiberalKnight]

@boss180888 It depends what you mean. Size of armies were not important in those days, tactics & training, along with good equipment, meant most. Malborough marched his troops Holland to Vienna in 5 weeks. That alone makes him one of the top 3 greatest tactician generals of all time.

In his battles, he was facing a French army the same size as his own army. But each time, he delivered decisive victories. Napoleon in the same position only delivered stalemates or average victories.

[rafflesman]

@boss180888 Over 20 historians that I've read on Malplaquet agree it was a huge WIN

for Marlborough. Oh, and the historians include Winston Churchill. So would you like to contradict him

and say he's not written the truth?

[boss180888]

@rafflesman winston churchill was a propagandist, i can't believe you've just REASONED with a clearly «biased» argument. it's like if i said that louis XIV is the greatest monarch in feodal history and say it's because he said so...

tell me this then, france was losing the war, at malplaquet the losses of the allies was FOUR times superior to those of the french AND they had to stop the invasion of france... now YOU tell me who won!!! with LOGICAL arguments not a 5 years old "daddy told me so".

[LordGeorgeRodney]

@boss180888 stop the invasion of France?

No it didn't because Marlborough captured Mons, Douai, Arleux, and his greatest campaign in terms of strategy & one which is studied all over the world is his breaking of the supposedly impregnable French lines at Ne Plus Ultra without a single casualty & again defeating Villars..

Then defeating Villars (yawn) yet again at Bouchain..

Booo hoo!! Sniff sniff!

[boss180888]

@LordGeorgeRodney god it's so annoying to discuss with fanatics, you still think malplaquet was a victory dispite the statistics of the battle? and don't "inbritish" villars statement, god knows you are history's greatest liars in the world!!! "god well grace us with such a defeat BECAUSE THEN OUR ENEMIES WILL BE DOOMED"!!! don't MANIPULATE FACTS TO YOUR CONVINIENCE!!! when someone says something you don't cut it into the convinient half and distort it's message, are u a reporter from the sun?

[LordGeorgeRodney]

@boss180888 the statistics of the battle is purely that the French were removed from the field

Hence victory for the allies under Marlborough,

Deal with it...

[boss180888]

@LordGeorgeRodney i give up on argueing who won malplaquet with you, by your standarts the french won the battle of eylau because they held the ground then? britain NEVER won a major LAND battle against france since the hundred years war, and don't you come with the 7 years war because the french had 10k troops in america against 30k british so the only surprise is how it took so many years for you to win there!

France=western civilization all "wc" nation in the world owe france it's existence!

[LordGeorgeRodney]

@boss180888 LOL!!

Yes correct the French did win battle of Eylau as they Russians retreated laving Napoleon in possession of the battlefield. well done!

We still won not just in America but conquered Nouvelle France

remember also Royal Navy who stopped any French reinforcements from coming.. Quiberon Bay..

we also conquered French island of Belle Ile in France,,

Here's one how about battle of Salamanca where majority were British

Or even worse battle of Orthez on French soil

ouch!!

[LordGeorgeRodney]

@boss180888

Yes that is what I said & I'm glad you a getting the pciture with what happened at Eylau..

wtf?! Stop making pathetic excuses..

we won the 7 years war so deal with it it wasn't just Canada it was India & the Caribbean too... Canada was conquered & Frenchman subjugated just like they were when France surrendered Acadia in Spanish Succession war.

[Talbot6832]

@boss180888 I'd say Winston Churchill, respected the world over, 200x the person you are or ever will be, is a far more credible source.

[boss180888]

@Talbot6832 i seriously won't even try finding my comment anywhere, surely a month old. so idk what you are talking about but to what i read you say i reply this malborough may have done more than me and certainly you but the difference between me and him is the equivalent distance between him and say, turenne.

ps- i'm not a frog you tea drinking faggot.

[Talbot6832]

@boss180888 I drink tea yes, it is a hot beverage the one drinks... not sure what kind of insult you are trying to insinuate. I am not homosexual but have a couple of gay friends, which I suppose makes you a homophobe. Ahhh, you come from some shit hole off the coast of Africa but you're one of those 1 in a million people that are envious of Britain and like spouting rubbish on British-centric videos.

[boss180888]

@Talbot6832 hey you started with the clichés when you thought i was french calling me frog, so don't you start. and you dodged the bullet there, i assume you admit turenne was better tha malborough then!

ps- it only takes an informed man with values to make one hate britain:

- largest slave-trader in history

- largest piracy endorsement by any state in history(vs spanish gold)

- one of the most genocidal and racist country/culture in history(second only to spanish and germans)

yes i hate uk!

[Talbot6832]

@boss180888 No... you started it by coming onto a video like this and posting your hate talk which comes across more an envy than anything else.

[Sokra01]

The wet dreams of Winston Ch.

[JagjeetMann]

and suddenly all british people watching this have gotten a hard on

[LordGeorgeRodney]

@JagjeetMann I certainly did..

; )

[boss180888]

@LordGeorgeRodney ah the existential complex of inferiority towards the french. whereas the french tried to rival the great cultures of the ancient world like rome and egypt, britain's historical goal was always to match france, even your national anthem you copied from the french god save the king dedicated to a successful cirgury to louis XIV...you're like, france B LOL!!!

[LordGeorgeRodney]

@boss180888

we did match France & won we had an empire bigger than any other in history & France was pushed out of the way industrially, economically & militarily. We took India & Indian Ocean, Canada, most of the Caribbean & the seas.. We even made the Mediterranean our lake at the expense of France (Malta & Battle of Nile). Even when the French tried to interfere they were swiftly beaten like at Fashoda where France surrendered without a shot fired

Plus saving Frances ass from Germany twice.

[boss180888]

@LordGeorgeRodney look i'm not european, but there is not much glory in defeating an opponent with inferior fire power, the british empire was made by conquest of tribal societies(except india) when was it that britain conquered a major european power? hell even the american rebels beat the shit out of you! france fought many wars against coalitions of 3/4 MAJOR powers during louis XIV's reign and napoleonic wars and was victorious!!! when has britain done that?

[LordGeorgeRodney]

@boss180888 ha ha!!

mmmm Vauban's view on the end of the Grand Alliance war in 1697 at the treaty

"a humiliating disaster for the king"

As for Spanish Succession War

Great Britain won politically & militarily with Europe in the balance of power that it had aimed for..

Plus the vast territory won in Canada plus Gibraltar & Menorca turning the Mediterranean into a British lake..!!

[boss180888]

@LordGeorgeRodney (cont) as i said your contry's history is a constant atempt to match the french, whereas the french tried to match the ancient civilizations, except for rome no country in europe is so victorious as the french, as to the naval and colonial part, it's simple: france never gave a shit about off-seas so there never was need to build a very strong navy unlike britain wich is an island and NEEDED one, also france was the best land in europe, why would they want to leave?

[Yorgar]

i think its amazin that Mr. Churchill's daughter walked up to Albert Finney and said hello papa or something to that effect because he looked like how she remembered him

[harnoful]

Ahhaha, Cockroach Churchill Prime Cockroach Minister of Cockroach Britain seeing Cockroach lobsters destroyed by glorious French Cannonballs.

[The33times]

@harnoful

Limeys>Frogs

[ssridhar26]

Superb Its almost as if the Duke is telling Churchill " Its your turn now". He was a great general one of the greatest of all time

S Sridhar

[ssridhar26]

Superb Its almost as if the Duke is telling Churchill " Its your turn now". He was a great general one of the greatest of all time

[pugilistofpower]

Very inspiring.

Best of british.

[jed371]

very few people in Britain have even heard of marlborugh! he should be remembered along side the likes of wellington and nelson

[Timrath]

@jed371 He's well-remembered here in Austria. He was Prince Eugene's greatest comrade-in-arms.

[JoeBarnes95]

Decent scene very patriotic!

[RJY4356]

I love the music track that starts at 0:57...wish it was on I Tunes. Great opening scene!

[mwillis1000]

He is a genius one of the best commanders in history (In my opinion anyway).

[SimonRBuus]

It was not without reason that the british ended dominating the world, and from there was able implant the the ideas, of freedom, free-trade and the rights of man.

Rule Britannia.

[LambChowder1]

@SimonRBuus we can do without free trade thanks

[SimonRBuus]

@LambChowder1 Well that to

[TheLiberalKnight]

@TheVikiLaki Are you mentally retarded, the concentration camps created by the British were designed to shelter the boer families and make them work for the war effort. They were completely different from the Nazi ones, where they were sent to die. The boer deaths were accidental. England was always freer than France, even after the French revolutions.

[SimonRBuus]

@TheVikiLaki Well must ideas of the modern world comes from Britain, yes they did some bad things too, all nations have done that but things as liberalism, free trial and much more comes from Britain. So yes some thing bad, some thing good as every thing is. And I think you mistake the concentration camps of the Boer war with the death camp of the Holocaust.

[opsimathics]

Britons shall never be slaves.